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Virginia Commonwealth University vs University of Colorado Denver/Anschutz Medical Campus

Richmond, VA · Denver, CO · largest Scorecard gap: avg net price

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Pair VA:CO

PUBLIC-PAIR · CROSS-STATE · ACCEPT-OPEN · NET-SPLIT · EARN-SPLIT · DEBT-PAR · COMPLETE-GAP · GAP-NET

  • PUBLIC-PAIR Public pair
  • CROSS-STATE VA × CO
  • ACCEPT-OPEN Open admission
  • NET-SPLIT Net-price split
  • EARN-SPLIT Earnings split
  • DEBT-PAR Debt near-par
  • COMPLETE-GAP Completion gap
  • GAP-NET Largest gap · Avg Net Price

Instrument codes from this pair's College Scorecard ownership, geography, acceptance, net price, earnings, debt, and completion, plus the ENROLL-1SIDE · modest · 2013–2023 decade-path stamp below, not a ranking or recommendation.

Decade path · College Scorecard

Only one enrollment path is a trend

ENROLL-1SIDE · modest · 2013–2023

Size changed directionally at one school over 2013–2023; the peer's series stays a range. Pair any selectivity note with that asymmetry before treating the two campuses as parallel growth stories.

  • Virginia Commonwealth University: enrollment shrank -5.7% over 2013–2023; fitted -186 students/yr fitted, r² 0.66.
  • University of Colorado Denver/Anschutz Medical Campus: enrollment ranged 10,470–11,892 (2013–2023, 11 points) without a stable fitted direction.
  • Virginia Commonwealth University: acceptance rate eased +34.6% across 2013–2023 (r² 0.93).
  • University of Colorado Denver/Anschutz Medical Campus: acceptance-rate path 2013–2023 stays non-directional here (r² 0.06).

College Scorecard institution series; dollars are nominal. Direction claims require r² ≥ 0.40 on the fitted annual slope, otherwise the page reports the observed range. Descriptive history, not a recommendation.

Scorecard metrics

Cards ordered by relative gap on this pair. Teal = better side.

Largest gaps: Virginia Commonwealth University vs University of Colorado Denver/Anschutz Medical Campus

  1. AVG-NET-PRICE University of Colorado Denver/Anschutz Medical Campus leads on avg net price ($11,900 vs $23,433 at Virginia Commonwealth University)
  2. IN-STATE-TUITION University of Colorado Denver/Anschutz Medical Campus leads on in-state tuition ($10,383 vs $16,945 at Virginia Commonwealth University)
  3. 150%-TIME-COMPLETI Virginia Commonwealth University leads on 150%-time completion (64.2% vs 46.7% at University of Colorado Denver/Anschutz Medical Campus)

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Avg Net Price and other Scorecard questions

On avg net price, who leads between Virginia Commonwealth University and University of Colorado Denver/Anschutz Medical Campus?▼
University of Colorado Denver/Anschutz Medical Campus leads on avg net price at $11,900 versus $23,433 at Virginia Commonwealth University. Source: U.S. Department of Education College Scorecard.
On in-state tuition, who leads between Virginia Commonwealth University and University of Colorado Denver/Anschutz Medical Campus?▼
University of Colorado Denver/Anschutz Medical Campus leads on in-state tuition at $10,383 versus $16,945 at Virginia Commonwealth University. Source: U.S. Department of Education College Scorecard.
On 150%-time completion, who leads between Virginia Commonwealth University and University of Colorado Denver/Anschutz Medical Campus?▼
Virginia Commonwealth University leads on 150%-time completion at 64.2% versus 46.7% at University of Colorado Denver/Anschutz Medical Campus. Source: U.S. Department of Education College Scorecard.

Source: U.S. Department of Education, College Scorecard College Scorecard institution outcomes (earnings, completion, debt); avg net price focus for this pair · 2025